shoot-out
noun
1
: a battle fought with handguns or rifles
2
: something resembling a shoot-out
broadly
: showdown
3
: a shooting competition in overtime that is used to determine the winner of a game (as in soccer or hockey) tied at the end of regular play
Examples of shoot-out in a Sentence
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Anchored by four stellar performances from Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Williams, and Anne Hathaway, the film is an essential entry in the genre, regardless of its utter lack of shoot-outs.
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and Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 21 June 2024
There were shoot-outs and arrests, followed quickly by reports of heavy-handed treatment of suspects and, in some cases, of torture.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
Tombstone The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, the most famous shoot-out in American frontier history, took place right here in Tombstone.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 17 June 2024
Their explosive investigation gets even more dangerous as Mike and Marcus must protect murder witness Julie (Téa Leoni) from a French drug kingpin and his deadly henchmen after surviving a shoot-out.
—Rendy Jones, EW.com, 12 June 2024
Things end, naturally, with a galloping shoot-out on horseback.
—Jordan Hoffman, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
Adams and Britt Ekland don't add much besides eye candy, but the climactic shoot-out in Scaramanga's hall-of-mirrors fun house is a thrilling homage to Orson Welles' 1948 film The Lady From Shanghai.
—Chris Nashawaty, EW.com, 29 May 2024
Police used parts of their house for cover during the firefight, and drove an armored vehicle through the backyard, damaging parts of the property on the way to the shoot-out, Chhoeun said.
—Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 28 May 2024
Earlier, fest organizers announced nominations for the Rockie Awards, with American and British TV producers set for their traditional competition shoot-out in the Canadian Rockies with a field led by series like Succession, Abbot Elementary and The Masked Singer.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 May 2024
and Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 21 June 2024
There were shoot-outs and arrests, followed quickly by reports of heavy-handed treatment of suspects and, in some cases, of torture.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
Tombstone The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, the most famous shoot-out in American frontier history, took place right here in Tombstone.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 17 June 2024
Their explosive investigation gets even more dangerous as Mike and Marcus must protect murder witness Julie (Téa Leoni) from a French drug kingpin and his deadly henchmen after surviving a shoot-out.
—Rendy Jones, EW.com, 12 June 2024
Things end, naturally, with a galloping shoot-out on horseback.
—Jordan Hoffman, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
Adams and Britt Ekland don't add much besides eye candy, but the climactic shoot-out in Scaramanga's hall-of-mirrors fun house is a thrilling homage to Orson Welles' 1948 film The Lady From Shanghai.
—Chris Nashawaty, EW.com, 29 May 2024
Police used parts of their house for cover during the firefight, and drove an armored vehicle through the backyard, damaging parts of the property on the way to the shoot-out, Chhoeun said.
—Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 28 May 2024
Earlier, fest organizers announced nominations for the Rockie Awards, with American and British TV producers set for their traditional competition shoot-out in the Canadian Rockies with a field led by series like Succession, Abbot Elementary and The Masked Singer.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 May 2024
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“Shoot-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoot-out. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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